April 2014

Hawks, Fred: Ldg. Telegraphist, Survivor                   The sole survivor of Dunedin’s wireless staff, Fred tried in vain to get off a signal…

Biographical Notes Mentioned in Watson Report: “This rating volunteered to swim to the assistance of a man who had fallen unnoticed from another raft and who was drowning. He reached…

Biographical  Notes Joined in 1939 in Scotland (as Boy) from Boys Training Ship Vincent. Served on Northern Patrol, in Caribbean and Atlantic. Harry spent the first night after the sinking…